http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/09/14/myspace-to-attempt-to-dominate-the-internet/ Drew Meyers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/09/14/myspace-to-attempt-to-dominate-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Engaging in the Conversation - Example of How NOT to Engage » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:29:42 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/09/14/myspace-to-attempt-to-dominate-the-internet/#comment-474 [...] This is a great example of how engaging in the conversation can go wrong– by NOT engaging at all! I thought I’d point this out to those of you working for companies that are not engaging in the blogosphere as an example of something that should NOT happen. Mashable, which just happens to be about the most widely read blog covering social networking, just posted about MySpace (recently criticized for shutting out developers) blocking Stickam links by saying, today I logged in to MySpace and realized that all links to Stickam are being blocked. If you try to link to Stickam.com anywhere on your profile - either inserting a widget or using a plain old link, it will be removed. [...] [...] This is a great example of how engaging in the conversation can go wrong– by NOT engaging at all! I thought I’d point this out to those of you working for companies that are not engaging in the blogosphere as an example of something that should NOT happen. Mashable, which just happens to be about the most widely read blog covering social networking, just posted about MySpace (recently criticized for shutting out developers) blocking Stickam links by saying, today I logged in to MySpace and realized that all links to Stickam are being blocked. If you try to link to Stickam.com anywhere on your profile – either inserting a widget or using a plain old link, it will be removed. [...]

]]> http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/09/14/myspace-to-attempt-to-dominate-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Facebook Deserves a Pat on the Back » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:15:31 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/09/14/myspace-to-attempt-to-dominate-the-internet/#comment-236 [...] Here is a company that “gets it” unlike Myspace. Sure, facebook made a mistake- but they made it right with their users and addressed the concerns by being open and honest. They’ve won my complete support again by taking actions such as this. Keep up the good work!   « MySpace to Attempt to Dominate the Internet? |   [...] [...] Here is a company that “gets it” unlike Myspace. Sure, facebook made a mistake- but they made it right with their users and addressed the concerns by being open and honest. They’ve won my complete support again by taking actions such as this. Keep up the good work!   « MySpace to Attempt to Dominate the Internet? |   [...]

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